A press release from the publisher Shishokan announced that the autobiographical manga was written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa, Hyakushou Kizoku (The peasant nobility), will have an anime adaptation. The announcement was made during an exhibition event for the manga at Tokyo University of Agriculture.
Arakawa started publishing the manga in the magazine Little bit from the publisher Shishokan in 2006 and dragged it into the magazine wing in 2009 after ceasing publication of the previous magazine. Arakawa continued to release the manga intermittently while the publisher released the seventh compiled book volume in Japan in October 2021.
Arakawa is best known as the author of the multimedia franchise of Full Metal Alchemistwhich was published in the magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan from the publisher Square Enix between 2001 and 2010 and inspired two anime adaptations in 2003 and 2009, as well as two OVAs, two animated feature films and a live-action film, followed by two more films in 2022.
Summary of Hyakushou Kizoku
The manga follows Arakawa who works as a farmer in Hokkaido for seven years before becoming a manga creator. This experience helped him work on his manga, Silver Spoon, about students at an agricultural college. “If there is no water, let them drink cow’s milk,” said the noble citizen proudly.
Font: mantan mesh
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